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• BitMine locks up $1B in Ether as big corporates stake ETH for yield
  The largest corporate Ethereum holders continue seeking passive yield through staking, effectively reducing the sellable Ether supply on the open market. Corporations are increasingly turning to Ethereum staking to earn passive yield, a shift that is tightening the amount of Ether available for sale on the open market.BitMine Immersion Technologies, the largest corporate Ether (ETH) […]
• Higher activity, lower fees: Here’s what December’s onchain data shows
  Onchain data shows activity holding up on Ethereum, Polygon, Arbitrum and Avalanche even as fee revenue declines across the crypto sector. Several of the biggest blockchain networks handled more transactions in December even as user fees fell, a sign that recent scaling upgrades are increasing capacity and easing competition for block space, according to data […]
• Bitfinex whales go long BTC for 2026: 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week
  Bitcoin failed to flip $90,000 to support at the start of the last week of 2025, but Bitfinex whale long positions built on their highest levels in nearly two years. Bitcoin (BTC) heads into year-end 2025 stuck around $90,000 as stocks and precious metals roar higher.Bitcoin sees only a modest uptick after its last weekly […]
• Trend Research lifts ETH holdings to $1.8B with $35M buy, is ‘bullish’ on 2026
  Trend Research founder Jack Yi pledged to continue buying Ether, claiming more financial and regulatory tailwinds will drive crypto valuations in 2026. Hong Kong-based investment firm Trend Research has continued accumulating Ether even as one of the biggest corporate ETH holders expects a sharp drawdown during the first quarter of 2026.Trend Research acquired $35 million […]
• ETH validator entry queue is suddenly almost double the exit queue
  Digital asset treasury companies such as Tom Lee’s BitMine have contributed to the increase in the entry queue, but the network’s Petcra upgrade may have also helped. Ethereum’s staking queue has flipped the exit line for the first time in six months, with almost twice as much ETH now lined up to be staked as […]
• Silver’s wild 6% price spike and 10% plunge mirrors crypto volatility
  Silver’s recent price surge mirrors Bitcoin’s trademark volatility. The precious metal is swinging wildly on rate cut bets and shifting industrial demand. The price of silver continues to notch new highs amid a precious metals market boom, with the asset trading in a very crypto-like fashion over the weekend with sharp volatility. Silver hit a new […]
• Bitcoin helps USD’s reserve status ‘in a strange way’: Coinbase CEO
  Bitcoin is helping reinforce the US dollar’s reserve currency status by acting as a market check on excessive inflation and deficit spending, Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong said. Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has claimed Bitcoin provides healthy competition for the US dollar, which in turn pressures policymakers to maintain fiscal discipline and helps preserve the greenback’s […]